Category Development Manager (Wine Jobs: Sales & Marketing)

  Accolade Wines UK

  Weybridge, England

About the role - Key Accountabilities

• Designs and delivers short to medium term category activation plans within designated customers on our focus categories across range, merchandising and promotions.
• Utilises the full suite of insight sources to identify the key drivers of category performance and highlight the risks and opportunities to our priority customers.
• Leads certain elements and is integral to  the creation and delivery of the organisation's category vision
• Works with the Brand, Insight and Sales teams to create compelling category selling stories
• Build strong relationships on a day-to-day basis and is proactive at managing the needs and expectations of immediate internal and external customers

About you

You will be able to collect and shape insight into compelling customer centred category selling stories, demonstrate a deep understanding of the needs of our customers at a strategic level and build into short to medium term strategies.

You will have at least 3 years’ demonstrable experience in a marketing or sales role in an FMCG environment and be  competent in Microsoft Office plus other agency or retailer specific software (e.g. Dunnhumby, Kantar Worldpanel Online).

You will have the flexibility to work out of office hours to accommodate the occasional call with our Australian colleagues and have the ability to travel to our Accolade Park site near Bristol,  if required.

About the offer

In addition to a competitive salary we also offer a fantastic range of benefits including medical cover pension scheme and staff wine allowance.

If this sounds like your next role please click on the apply button. The closing date for the vacancy is 30th November 2018.

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